![]() ![]() That doesn’t seem too shabby, except Quora mission “To grow and share the world’s knowledge” targets everyone, yet it’s far from ubiquitous. Quora exec Marc Bodnick did tell me last month that public measurement services “significantly underestimate” Quora, and “are off by a factor of 5X to 15X.” An average of (sometimes inaccurate) comScore and Compete numbers for February multiplied out would put Quora somewhere between Quora’s web traffic could be somewhere between 5.5 million and 16.5 million monthly users, plus the 40 percent of its users it’s said are on mobile. ![]() This makes it tough to know exactly how popular it is, but the general consensus hovers around “known amongst Silicon Valley intellectuals” and “just not big enough”. For example, Quora says it grew 3X in all metrics from May 2012 to May 2013, and hit 500,000 topics in April 2014. Quora has been cagey about its stats since forever, only talking in relative growth and vanity metrics rather than absolute user counts. Y Combinator’s growth scientists could help it bridge the gap. “I’m not necessarily going to do all the things” because they don’t apply since Quora is a late-stage company, not a new one. Y Combinator President Sam Altman gave me a few more details, saying “Adam will come to dinners, events, etc.” What Could Quora Learn From YC? YC is designed for founders, and after Quora’s other co-founder Charlie Cheever stepped back from the company in 2012, Adam’s the only one left. Quora won’t have some special team doing the whole intensive program, D’Angelo tells me. That alumni network could prove fruitful to Quora, as it might provide a leg up when courting failed YC startups to become talent acquisitions. I hope my perspective can help some of the other companies.” And independent of the benefits to Quora, I think it will be fun personally to participate in some of the YC events. ![]() We were raising money anyway, so there was no overhead in letting YC participate.
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